diff --git a/nixos/tests/tandoor-recipes.nix b/nixos/tests/tandoor-recipes.nix
index 09a803c98855..025f1b6e2774 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/tandoor-recipes.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/tandoor-recipes.nix
@@ -8,29 +8,7 @@
     {
       services.tandoor-recipes = {
         enable = true;
-        extraConfig = {
-          DB_ENGINE = "django.db.backends.postgresql";
-          POSTGRES_HOST = "/run/postgresql";
-          POSTGRES_USER = "tandoor_recipes";
-          POSTGRES_DB = "tandoor_recipes";
-        };
-      };
-
-      services.postgresql = {
-        enable = true;
-        ensureDatabases = [ "tandoor_recipes" ];
-        ensureUsers = [
-          {
-            name = "tandoor_recipes";
-            ensureDBOwnership = true;
-          }
-        ];
-      };
-
-      systemd.services = {
-        tandoor-recipes = {
-          after = [ "postgresql.target" ];
-        };
+        database.createLocally = true;
       };
     };